Plow-point mount.



Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

vi i l Attorneys HOUSTON H. SWINDLE, 0F TEMPLE, TEXAS.

PLOW-POINT MOUNT.

Application filed August 11, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

SeriaI'No. 576,678.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IoUsToN H. SWINDLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Temple, in the county of Bell and State of Texas.have invented a new and useful Plow- Point Mount, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a supporting mount for plow points andconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts ashereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a mount of the characterindicated which is of simple structure and upon which a plow point maybe readily positioned and readily detached therefrom. Also the mount isprovided with means whereby guide wings may be positioned thereon whenit is desired to use the same.

With this object in View the mount consists of a shank having a slottedpallet located thereon and the plow point is provided with a web whichis adapted to fit snugly within the slot of the said pallet. Securingmeans are provided for holding the point, in position upon the pallet.The pallet is provided with slots which are adapted to receive lugs ofwings which may be applied to the pallet when it is desired to use thesame.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure l is a perspective view of the plowpoint mount. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the mount with the pointremoved. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the mountcut on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view ofthe mount out on the line 4c4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevation of therear side of the plow point detached. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view of a modified form of the plow point mount.

The mount consists of a shank 1 which is provided at its lower endportion with a vertically disposed pallet 2. The pallet 2 is providedwith a vertically elongated recess 3 the side edges of which convergetoward each other at their upper ends and the upper end portion of thepallet and the said side edges are under cut or beveled as illustratedin Fig. 4: of the drawing. The side portions of the pallet 2 areprovided with recesses 1 the sides of which converge toward each otherat the outer edges of the said pallet. A plow blade 5 is provided uponits rear side with a web 6 which is adapted to fit snugly within therecess 3 of the pallet 2. The web 6 may be attached to the plow blade 5or formed integrally with the same.

In the form of the invention as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 of thedrawing, a fiat spring '7 is connected at one end with the blade 5 andweb 6 and is bent back with its upper end portion disposed approximatelyin the same direction as the upper end portion of the blade 5. Thespring 7 is provided upon its forward side and at a point between itsends with a forwardly disposed nib 8 which is adapted to engage a recessor projection 9 provided at the rear side of the pallet 2.

When it is desired wings 10 may be used in connection with the plowpoint mount above described and the said wings are provided at theirinner edges with lugs 11 which are adapted to fit snugly in the recesses4 provided at the side edges of the pallet 2. When the lugs 11 of thewings 10 are inserted in the recesses at of the pallet 2 and the web 6is slipped longitudinally in the recess 3 so that the said web fitssnugly in the said recess the edge portions of the plow blade 5 willbear against the forward sides of the lugs 11 and the inner edgeportions of the wings 10, and thus the said wings 10 will be held inposition upon the pallet 2. When the plow point 5 is positioned upon thepallet 2 in the manner indicated the intermediate portion of the spring7 moves along the rear side of the said pallet and the nib 8 carried bythe said spring will engage the notch or projection 9 and thus the partswill be held in proper relation to each other.

In the form of the invention as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing.the blade 5 is held in position upon the pallet 2 by means of bolts 12which pass transversely through the said point and the said pallet. Theperforations in the pallet which receive the bolts 12 are concaved orbeveled as at 13 and the said concaved surfaces of the perforationsserve as guides for directing the bolts 12 through the perforations inthe pallet in such manner as to properly draw the web 6 in close contactwith the sides of the recess 3 provided upon the pallet 2.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a plow blade having upon its rear side alongitudinally disposed Web, a mount comprising a shank, a palletmounted upon the shank and having a longitudinally disposed recessadapted to snugly receive the shank upon the blade and being provided atits side edges with laterally disposed recesses, the side Walls of whichconverge toward each other at the edges of the pallet, means forsecuring the web in the first said recess, and a wing having at its edgelugs adapted to fit snugly Within the laterally disposed recesses uponthe pallet.

2. In combination with a blade having upon its rear sides alongitudinally disposed web, a mount including a shank, a pallet mountedupon the shank and having in its forward side a longitudinally disposedrecess, the side edges of which converge toward each other at one end ofthe pallet, laterally disposed recesses located at the side edges of thepallet, the side walls of the lastsaid recesses converging toward eachother at the side edges of the pallet, the firstmentioned recess in thepallet being adapted to snugly receive the Web upon the blade, means forholding the web in the first mentioned recess upon the pallet and a Winghaving at its edge lugs adapted to snugly fit within the laterallydisposed recesses pro vided upon the forward side of the pallet.

3. In combination with a blade having a web upon its rear side, a mountincluding a shank, a pallet located upon the shank and provided in itsforward side with a longitudinally disposed recess adapted to snuglyreceive the web upon the blade, a spring attached to the blade andhaving a nib, said shank having a projection which is adapted to beengaged by the nib on the spring whereby the parts are held in properrelation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

H. H. SXVINDLE.

l Vitnesses P. BRANTLEY, Oscar: GRUBBS.

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